Interesting, this is the first Jetstar (wide-body) international service out of Brisbane. The other one is from the Gold Coast to Japan.

The Hawaii route has been tried many times from Brisbane. By Qantas in circle via Cairns, Continental the same via Cairns and Canada 2000. None found it profitable. Perhaps an LCC can do it.

Cynical comment: Unfortunately it follows the Qantas business plan; wait for another airline to pioneer the route, throw capacity and a price war at it, when the pioneering carrier pulls out cancel the Qantas service and tell everyone they can still get there via Sydney. Thanks QF

I wonder how much poor airporr design is affecting the viability of international flights from multiple destinations. If Sydney, Brisbane and perth had co-located domestic and international terminals like Melbourne , Adelaide and Darwin then it would be more attractive to reduce frequencies through each port and still provide daily connections without the trauma of the infamous Sydney “seamless transfer”

Hopefully Jetstar doesn’t have trouble with its A330s over the lonely pacific, like the Qantas one that made an emergency landing in Adelaide a couple of minutes ago, after smoke detected in the cockpit.

QF3 has old 767 aircraft running the route due to SYD/HNL being the route where most FF points are redeemed. Once Jetstar gets the newer 787 and some more route growth perhaps QF will get a 10 year old airbus back.

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A reporter since November 30, 1960, Ben Sandilands looks at what really matters up in the sky: public administration of air transport and its safety, the accountability of the carriers, and space for everyone’s knees.